Patents by Inventor Howard Scott Mountford

Howard Scott Mountford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of determining minimum cost path
    Patent number: 7941778
    Abstract: A network is represented using a graph. The graph comprises a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. The vertices comprise a source vertex, a destination vertex and a vertex u. The edges link corresponding adjacent pairs of the vertices. A minimum cost path in the graph is determined from the source vertex to the destination vertex, wherein the vertex u is in the minimum cost path. An edge from the vertex u in the minimum cost path introduces an additional capital expenditure cost that is dependent on how the minimum cost path traverses from the source vertex to the vertex u.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Canhui Ou, Jian Li, Steven Gemelos, Howard Scott Mountford, Brent Edward Jacobson, Orlando Echeverria-Calvet, Thomas Cronin, Jerold Daizo Osato
  • Method of Determining Minimum Cost Path
    Publication number: 20090132989
    Abstract: A network is represented using a graph. The graph comprises a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. The vertices comprise a source vertex, a destination vertex and a vertex u. The edges link corresponding adjacent pairs of the vertices. A minimum cost path in the graph is determined from the source vertex to the destination vertex, wherein the vertex u is in the minimum cost path. An edge from the vertex u in the minimum cost path introduces an additional capital expenditure cost that is dependent on how the minimum cost path traverses from the source vertex to the vertex u.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, LP
    Inventors: Canhui Ou, Jian Li, Steven Gemelos, Howard Scott Mountford, Brent Edward Jacobson, Orlando Echeverria-Calvet, Thomas Cronin, Jerold Daizo Osato